Carcinoma of the maxillary sinus with eosinophilia. Report of a case.
A patient with carcinoma of the maxillary sinus presented with a blood eosinophilia and infiltration of eosinophilic leukocytes into the tumor tissue. Immediately after cancer therapy with intraarterial infusion of 5-fluorouracil into the superficial temporal artery, necrotomy and resection of the maxilla including radical neck dissection, the number of eosinophilic leukocytes was suddenly decreased and thereafter a transient increase in blood eosinophilic leukocyte count was observed. In this communication, a tentative mechanism for these events is suggested.
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D004804:Eosinophils; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy
D005472:Fluorouracil